This Podcast is Legally Objectionable

Ever wonder why college coaches make the equivalent of small Caribbean nation's GNP when they are fired, often upwards of 10 or 15 million dollars? And what kind of screwed-up system allows that? In this episode, we explore those questions and more, using the case of Bret Bielema v. the Razorback Foundation as a study in golden parachutes gone wrong. You would think that with all the money on the line, college athletics directors and presidents would do their homework before hiring many of these coaches. It turns out, thanks to an outdated hiring system and human nature, among other things, more often than not they really don't know what they are getting.

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In the second part of our two part series on cuts to women's athletics during the time of COVID, we look at the numbers and why schools are looking to trim their number of athletic offerings. Not surprisingly, it has to do with money. Most importantly, we explore the lawsuit by a group of University of Iowa women's swimmers who are requesting that the school reinstate their sport as well as add two more sports. 

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In Ep. 4, the first part in our two-part series into COVID-related athletic cuts involving women's sports, we look at the history of Title IX, its legal history. Ultimately, we are trying to figure out why schools are still cutting women's sports, even as they struggled to comply with  nearly 45 year old law. Check out our website, https://legallyobjectionab.wixsite.com/mysite, for source documents.

In this episode we explore the relationship between college football and crime. Is it a problem or are we just more aware of crime today thanks to the 24-hour-news cycle?

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Source Documents

- Richard Vedder, Crime and Punishment in American College Sports, https://www.independent.org/news/article.asp?id=2999

- ESPN Crime Story, https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=3504915

- Lorin Mordecai Tredinnick, Sexual Violence in Intercollegiate Athletics: A Historical Perspective of Male Athletic Entitlement, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327143054

- Brian Pappas, On the Same Team, https://trace.tennessee.edu/rgsj/vol6/iss2/3/

- Timothy and Tanya Parker, Student-Athlete Sexual Violence Against Women: Defining the Limits of Institutional Responsibility, https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/wlulr/vol55/iss1/

This month we look at the story of Julius Whittier, the University of Texas' first black varsity football player. Recently, Whittier's family filed a lawsuit against the NCAA alleging failure to exercise due care in regards to head injuries suffered by Mr. Whittier while he played for Longhorns. It is a story that is simultaneously inspiring and irritating. Check out the show notes below where we provide you all our source documents, if you want to read more.

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